Rein-holder.



UNITED STATES PATENT 'EEICL AXEL CARLSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RIN-HLDERl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 724,430, aateaApriI 7, 1903.

Application filed October 16, 1902. Serial No. 1271457. (Ilo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL CARLSON, a' citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rein-Holders g and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to rein-holders adapted to be attached to the dashboard, box, seat, or other part of a vehicle to hold the reins thereto; and the object of the invention is to form a simple, cheap, and electivedevice for said purpose.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a side View of the device as applied to a dashboard.v Fig. 2 is a perspective View thereof.

The article is formed of stout spring-wire in one piece, which is first doubled on itself at 6, forming two strands which are bent at 7 to form a spring-'clip which may be slipped over the edge of the dashboard or wagon-seat.

The strands are spread at the top bend to give a'wide bearing and are then brought together at the bottom of the clip and intertwined, as at 8, to give suiicient rigidity to support the spring-clamp 9, formed of the two ends of the wire, between which the reins are to be entered and held. The extreme ends are flared and turned, as at 1-0, to facili-` tate the entry of the reins.

It will be seen that the clamp for the reins stands out` from the part of the vehicle to which the device is attached in convenient position to enter the reins into the clamp WhetherV the holder be attached to the dashboard or to the wagon-seat. The device is simple and inexpensive and may be made easier and cheaper than wire holders having a coil or coils to give the desired spring to the clamp.

What I claim is;- Y

A rein-holder formed of a single piece of wire, doubled to form two strands, bent near the loop end to form a clip to embrace a fixed support, thence intertwined and bent, as at 8, to form a sufficiently rigid support for the clamp 9, and extended at their free ends in yielding contact and substantially parallel, to form the clamp, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature inrpresence of two witnesses.

AXEL CARLSON.

Witnesses: l

NELLIE FELTSKOG, H. G. BATCHELOR. 

